Kevin Maxwell

As a former Scotland Yard detective, Monday night’s documentary on Britain’s biggest police force was a real piece of drama. It was a public relations success, with even non-cop documentary viewers like me tuning-in. And let’s not be coy, the programme was to improve the image of The Met after so many scandals especially around…

I read with dismay and saw the horrendous pictures yesterday of Veronica Bolina, a Brazilian transgender woman, who was stripped, had her head shaved and face disfigured by the police in the South American country. I tweeted about this, and it went viral throughout the world and is still going. This got me thinking about…

Today, marks yet another milestone in my life. Against all the odds, I’ve reached another birthday. I know many do not reach the age I have, so for this I am truly thankful. The past six years have been bruising for me, personally and professionally. But, I’m slowly learning in my own way how to…

Today, is five years to the day I got married to a man in Toronto, Canada. Two years ago though, it broke down. I’ve had enough time to come to terms with it and even though my marriage didn’t work out, I’m still a big advocate of marriage equality for all. On mainland Britain in the…

I was in the supermarket earlier, when two police officers entered. I saw them clock eyes with a black guy and although they said nothing to him, I could see the hatred in his eyes towards them. So much so, that it made me uncomfortable. Which, led me to this blog. Why is it that there is…

Like many since watching the documentary In The Land Of The Free, I have followed the progress of the Angola 3. Three inmates placed in solidarity confinement, after the 1972 killing of a prison guard. I guess the obvious question is, why waste any breath on three men who killed a prison guard? Like so many things…

Today, America celebrates Martin Luther King day. The life of a great man, who led one of the struggles for racial equality in the last century. In Britain we don’t have someone to compare, so like many I too pause for thought about him on this day. What’s changed since Dr King’s greatest speech, and…

After such a horrible week gone for the world with all that happened in Paris, I like many was hoping for some light relief. However, I didn’t expect this to come from that trusted news source Fox News. Enter Stage RIGHT Steven Emerson, the so-called expert on terrorism. On Fox News, Mr Emerson claimed that…

I saw this image by the cartoonist Matt Davies earlier, and it really struck me as being poignant. Having served as a police officer myself for some 11 years in Britain’s two biggest police forces, it is sad that the majority of good cops do not stand up to the bad cops which allows corruption and the…

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